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(11) EP 0 035 892 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.04.1982 Bulletin 1982/16

(43) Date of publication A2:
16.09.1981 Bulletin 1981/37

(21) Application number: 81300953

(22) Date of filing: 06.03.1981
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 06.03.1980 GB 8007652

(71) Applicant: HEATRAE-SADIA HEATING LIMITED
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(72) Inventors:
  • Purser, Derrick Gilbert George
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  • Blake, Roger Alan
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(54) Fluid flow control


(57) One or more manually operable proximity switches (34, 35) control electrically valve means (30, 33) consisting of either a variable flow valve which is also a shut-off valve, or a variable flow valve (30) and a separate shut-off valve (33), in a water supply line. The valve means (30,33) can be a water tap or in a water input line of a water heater. Two proximity switches (34,35) can be provided, one (34) to increase and the other (35) to decrease the throughflow cross-section of the valve means (30, 33). The time period for which each switch (34, 35) is operated determines the degree of change of the cross-section.







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